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Petros Markaris

1937 - Today

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Pétros Márkaris (Greek: Πέτρος Μάρκαρης; born 1 January 1937 in Istanbul) is a Greek writer of detective novels starring the grumpy Athenian police investigator Costas Haritos. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petros Markaris has received more than 75,250 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Petros Markaris is the 1,549th most popular writer (up from 1,739th in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from Turkey (up from 560th in 2019) and the 39th most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 75k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Petros Markaris ranks 1,549 out of 5,755. Before him are Christy Brown, Pío Baroja, Jean de Meun, Petr Ginz, Gustav Landauer, and Eduard Mörike. After him are Madame d'Aulnoy, Symeon the New Theologian, Charles Paul de Kock, Ko Un, Fran Krsto Frankopan, and Sabino Arana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Petros Markaris ranks 94. Before him are Cornelius A. Smith, Richard Møller Nielsen, Bruce McCandless II, Ryutaro Hashimoto, Neeme Järvi, and Vittorio Brambilla. After him are Jerry Reed, Ronald Venetiaan, Franz Vranitzky, Billy Meier, Francis Veber, and Roberta Flack.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Petros Markaris ranks 530 out of 1,301. Before him are Fevzi Çakmak (1876), Apollonius Molon (-200), Yeghishe Charents (1897), Leo the Deacon (950), Nicholas Mystikos (852), and Bardas Skleros (1000). After him are Symeon the New Theologian (949), Yaşar Kemal (1923), Walter Sydney Adams (1876), Leo V, King of Armenia (1342), Jovan Vladimir (990), and Theodore Metochites (1270).

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Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Petros Markaris ranks 39. Before him are Oribasius (325), Hieronymus of Cardia (-390), Quintus Smyrnaeus (400), Kâtip Çelebi (1609), Mehmet Akif Ersoy (1873), and Yeghishe Charents (1897). After him are Symeon the New Theologian (949), Yaşar Kemal (1923), Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti (1929), Zeki Müren (1931), Xenophon of Ephesus (101), and Nicander (-250).

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